Re: gs and stp drivers
Eduard Bloch wrote:
>
> #include <hallo.h>
> James D Strandboge wrote on Fri Aug 17, 2001 um 07:52:52AM:
> > I recently bought an Epson Color Photo 780 printer because I read it
>
> I use 680 (aka 777) but the quality of the drivers is the same.
> First: don't take cupsys-driver-gimpprint from Sid, it's broken. Take
> the Woody version, 4.1.7.
>
> > is well supported under linux-- specifically gimp-print. I use debian,
> > and the latest drivers for gs were not part of woody/sid (it appears the
> > maintainer is waiting for a later release of gs, which is more modular).
>
> For what? gimp-print does the job with the current gs.
>
> apt-get install kups cupsys-driver-gimpprint. Run kups and configure.
>
AFAIK, it's more precise to say that cupsys-driver-gimpprint includes
the program 'rastertoprinter' which is itself a version of gs, with the
stp driver.
Correct me if I'm wrong.
> > PS-- I should note that I used lprng and apsfilter to get it going.
>
> You are forced to use them if you _want_ gs (with stp/gimpprint
> support). But I recomend to drop them and use CUPS instead.
>
Yes, I would have saved a lot of time if I'd gone this route in the
first place.
But I got an education. ;-)
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